Mia was sitting on the bar stool with her drink. She had switched from red wine to martinis at some point, although she couldn’t really remember when. Although she was having a good time with Jayden, she still felt awful about the whole situation with Xander. She just kept thinking about her weekends away with him, spent in complete bliss.
Jayden came over to her, another drink in his hand. “You’re looking a little sad, gorgeous,” he said. “Anything on your mind?”
“No,” she said, forcing a smile. “I was just a little zoned out.”
“Well, why don’t you come and dance with me?” he asked.
Soon, they were whirling around the dance floor. Mia was so drunk, she felt like the lights were spinning around her, and she clung to Jayden for balance. He started kissing her, and Mia knew she should resist, but she decided to let her worries melt away and just go with it instead.
After dancing for a while, they went back to sit at the bar for a bit, and Mia pulled out her phone. She had ten missed calls and texts from Xander! What was going on? Maybe there was an emergency, she thought. She opened one of the text messages, but it was so dark in the bar and she was so drunk that she couldn’t actually read it. She decided to put her phone away and just deal with the problem later.
Jayden thought it was a little strange that Mia was being so wild tonight, but he was glad that she was having a good time. “Sarah, do you want to get out of here?” he asked hopefully. “My place is just a few blocks uptown.”
Mia was too drunk to do anything other than nod, but she knew she would regret her decision in the morning.
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Chapter 6
Xander decided he couldn’t stand to watch this anymore. He had to do something before Mia got any more intoxicated and actually slept with Jayden.
“Hey!” he yelled. “Jayden! What are you guys doing here?”
“We were just out on a date,” Jayden said. “What are you doing here”
“Um.. I was just waiting for a friend, and I saw you guys. I think I should take Sarah here home. She looks like she’s had a little too much.”
“No, that’s okay, I got it,” Jayden said, looking confused. “She’s my girlfriend, after all. You don’t need to worry about it.”
“You know, Jayden, I trust you, but I would feel better if I at least came with you and make sure she got home in one piece. After all, you’ve been drinking too.”
“Alright, whatever you say, boss,” Jayden said, completely bewildered by Xander’s possessive behavior.
They decided to use Jayden’s car to take Mia home. She was so drunk, she couldn’t even give them an address, so Xander called the head of the HR department at Will Golden to get it.
Mia was passing in and out of consciousness the entire car ride home. At some point she started crying.
“What’s wrong, hon?” Jayden asked, concerned. Xander glared at him in the rearview mirror.
“I.. I dunno. Everything.. everything’s spinning.” Mia said, bawling. “I wanna go hoommmeee.”
“We’re almost there!” Xander said, trying to calm her down. “We’ll get you home and tucked in bed with a glass of water, okay? Just try and keep it together for a few more minutes.”
By the time they finally found Mia’s place, she was totally passed out in the backseat. Xander and Jayden had to carry her up three flights of stairs to her apartment.
“I’m so sorry about this,” Jayden said. “She’s not normally like this, she’s normally very reasonable at parties. I don’t know why she got so crazy tonight. I should have stopped her.”
“I’m just doing this for the company’s reputation,” Xander said, coldly. “And for yours. She’s your secretary, after all. And our employees can’t be seen in public behaving like this. We have an image to maintain. It’s for both of your own good, I promise.”
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Chapter 7
Xander had to pick the lock on Mia’s door, because she was too intoxicated to find her key. Jayden then carried her to her room and started helping her clean up. He helped her wash her face and got her a glass of water, and then slowly started undressing her so she could take a shower.
Xander felt extremely frustrated. He wanted to stop Jayden, tell him that, she was his girl, and that she didn’t care about him. But he had promised Mia that she could be the one to tell him, so he kept his mouth shut.
But still, he watched Jayden, who was taking care of her so gently, and he wished he was the one doing it to her. He kept his eyes on them to make sure Jayden didn’t take advantage of Mia, but started looking for a set of tools to fix Mia’s lock, which he had broken. He finally found a set under the sink.